"penny-father" meaning in English

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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "c. 1555, The Famous Historie of Fryer Bacon",
          "text": "On a time, hee being alone fulle of griefe and care, (griefe for his folies past, and care how to get a poore living for the remainder of his dayes) the Devill came to him and asked him what hee wanted (hee came not in a shape terrible, but like an old penny-father.)",
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        {
          "ref": "1629, Pasquil, Jests",
          "text": "Good old penny-father was glad of his liquor.",
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      "glosses": [
        "A miser or penurious person who husbands each penny."
      ],
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          "miser",
          "miser"
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          "penurious",
          "penurious"
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          "person",
          "person"
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        [
          "husband",
          "husband"
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          "penny",
          "penny"
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        "(obsolete) A miser or penurious person who husbands each penny."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "miser"
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        {
          "word": "pauper"
        }
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        "obsolete"
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  "word": "penny-father"
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          "ref": "c. 1555, The Famous Historie of Fryer Bacon",
          "text": "On a time, hee being alone fulle of griefe and care, (griefe for his folies past, and care how to get a poore living for the remainder of his dayes) the Devill came to him and asked him what hee wanted (hee came not in a shape terrible, but like an old penny-father.)",
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          "text": "Good old penny-father was glad of his liquor.",
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        "A miser or penurious person who husbands each penny."
      ],
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        "(obsolete) A miser or penurious person who husbands each penny."
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      "word": "miser"
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  "word": "penny-father"
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